Just in! Lance has announced his retirement from pro cycling with immediate effect! This announcement comes as a shock to his team and managers alike, as they had no prior knowledge of his intentions! :o
Lance was quoted as saying: "I've had enough! The mountain stages of the tour have taken a lot out of me. Going up some of those Cols I sometimes ask myself: 'What I'm I doing here? I should be hanging around a lake somewhere fly fishing. This is madness, punishing myself like this!'.
His team is yet to release a media statement.
This throws the Tour wide open, and his main rivals will be licking thir lips.